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Kerschberger B, Lekelem S, Daka M, Ntshalintshali N, Mabhena E, et al.

2025-04-17 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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The global epidemic of Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) is marked by its widespread prevalence, varied resistance patterns, and significant impact on sexua...

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Befano B, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Egemen D, Inturrisi F, Jeronimo J, et al.

2025-03-18 • Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The HPV-Automated Visual Evaluation (PAVE) Consortium is validating a cervical screening strategy enabling accurate cervical screening in resource-limited settings. A rapid, low-cost ...

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Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A, et al.

2024-08-15 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Improving treatment success rates among multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients is critical to reducing its incidence and mortality, but adherence poses a...

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Kerschberger B, Daka M, Shongwe B, Dlamini T, Ngwenya S, et al.

2024-06-03 • BMC Health Services Research

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Video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) has been proposed as an additional option for treatment provision besides in-person DOT for patients with drug-resistan...

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Mukooza E, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Dlamini SV, Mafomisa M, et al.

2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024

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Mukooza E, Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Aung A, et al.

2024-03-01 • AIDS Care

Acute and early HIV infection (AEHI) is rarely diagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa, despite its potential contribution to incidence reduction. This qualitative study in Eswatini explored the...

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Kerschberger B, Vambe D, Schomaker M, Mabhena E, Daka M, et al.

2024-03-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Despite declining TB notifications in Southern Africa, TB‐related deaths remain high. We describe patient‐ and population‐level trends in TB‐related deaths in Eswatini ove...

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Kerschberger B, Daka M, Shongwe B, Dlamini T, Ngwenya SM, et al.

2023-08-09 • BMC Health Services Research

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Video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) has been proposed as an additional option for treatment provision besides in-person DOT for patients with drug-resistan...

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Mukooza E

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Kerschberger B, Mukooza E, Berto A, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa M, et al.

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

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Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mafomisa M, Mabhena E, Daka M, et al.

2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

INTRODUCTION
Sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) are a public health threat. Syndromic approaches based on clinical symptoms have been suggested as having poor diagnostic perform...

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Letter

Bastard M, Bonnet MMB, du Cros PAK, Khamraev AK, Hayrapetyan A, et al.

2015-02-01 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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Schausberger B, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Dube L, Aung A, et al.

2021-12-06 • BMC Health Services Research

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Traditional healing plays an important role in healthcare in Eswatini, and innovative collaborations with traditional healers may enable hard-to-reach men to access HIV an...

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Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Mpala Q, Diaz Uribe PA, Maphalala G, et al.

2019-09-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)

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To assess the performance and suitability of dried blood spot (DBS) sampling using filter paper to collect blood for viral load (VL) quantification under routine condition...

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Mchunu G, van Griensven J, Hinderaker SG, Kizito W, Sikhondze W, et al.

2016-06-21 • Public Health Action

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All health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) care in Swaziland.

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To describe the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) interventions on the ...

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Kerschberger B, Ntshalintshali N, Maphalala G, Aung A, Mamba C, et al.

2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research

INTRODUCTION
Acute HIV infection (AHI) is rarely diagnosed in resource-limited settings. Barriers to diagnosis include the high costs of viral load (VL)-based diagnostic testing algo...

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Bjertrup PJ, Mmema N, Dlamini V, Ciglenecki I, Mpala Q, et al.

2021-04-14 • BMC Public Health

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Pre-exposure-prophylaxis (PrEP) has been heralded for its potential to put women in control of preventing HIV infection, but uptake and continuation rates have been disapp...

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Asgary R, Staderini N, Mthethwa-Hleza S, Lopez Saavedra PA, Garcia Abrego L, et al.

2020-11-19 • PLOS Medicine

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Cervical cancer is among the most common preventable cancers with the highest morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends visual inspection of ...

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Aung A, Mamba C, Ntshalintshali N, Mpala Q, Mthethwa-Hleza S, et al.

2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research

INTRODUCTION
Acute HIV infection (AHI) cannot be detected with routine point-of-care antibody tests and is rarely diagnosed in resource-limited settings. However, characteristics of ...

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Aung A, Daka M, Tamrat A, Gwitima T, Chidhuro T, et al.

2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation

WHAT CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY DID YOU TRY TO ADDRESS? WERE EXISTING SOLUTIONS NOT AVAILABLE OR NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted lockdown measures in many places, b...

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Mycoplasma genitalium infection in Eswatini amid syndromic case management: Prevalence, coinfections, diagnostic challenges and treatment gaps

Initial evaluation of a new cervical screening strategy combining human papillomavirus genotyping and automated visual evaluation: the Human Papillomavirus–Automated Visual Evaluation Consortium

Understanding the role of video direct observed therapy for patients on an oral short-course regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: findings from a qualitative study in Eswatini

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective cohort study

Drivers of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis choice among women in Eswatini

“It is still very little; I cannot pass it on”: a qualitative study of experiences of diagnosis and treatment of acute HIV infection in Eswatini

Sustained high fatality during TB therapy amid rapid decline in TB mortality at population level: A retrospective cohort and ecological analysis from Shiselweni, Eswatini

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective cohort study

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralized HIV care setting in Eswatini

High burden of sexually transmitted infections and poor diagnostic performance of syndromic approaches within a decentralised HIV care setting in Eswatini

Revised definitions of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes: closer to the reality?

"We have to learn to cooperate with each other": a qualitative study to explore integration of traditional healers into the provision of HIV self-testing and tuberculosis screening in Eswatini

Field suitability and diagnostic accuracy of the Biocentric open real-time PCR platform for dried blood spot-based HIV viral load quantification in Eswatini

High mortality in tuberculosis patients despite HIV interventions in Swaziland

Diagnostic performance of lateral flow point-of-care HIV-Combo testing for detection of acute HIV infection in Eswatini

PrEP reminds me that I am the one to take responsibility of my life: a qualitative study exploring experiences of and attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis use by women in Eswatini

Evaluating smartphone strategies for reliability, reproducibility, and quality of VIA for cervical cancer screening in the Shiselweni region of Eswatini: A cohort study

Diagnosing and treating cases of acute HIV infection within a high HIV incidence setting: feasibility study, Eswatini

Video/Virtually Observed Therapy for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Eswatini: a rapid response to COVID-19 lockdown measures